Listen to the Mocking Bird

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X:25
T:Listen to the Mocking Bird
% NFF Book 2020
% Bush Traditions recording played by Greg O'Leary
C:Richard Milburn (Pub 1856)
S:collected from Joe Cashmere, Sydney NSW
S:John Meredith Collection, NLA Bib ID: 1783464
Z:transcribed by Greg O'Leary
H:Lyrics composed by Septimus Winner under the pseudeonym Alice Hawthorne
H:Richard Winner was an African-American barber in Philadelphia
B:Mister Joe, Pioneer Performer Series, Carrawobitty Press, p43
R:March
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
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Listen to the Mocking Bird - played by Greg O'Leary

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Greg O'Leary | Joe Cashmere | John Meredith Collection |